Director, Product Architecture (Authorization)

Location: United States; remote from California, USA

Base salary for US-based employees: $166,800–$281,194 USD

Company

hirify.global develops identity security products for humans, machines, and AI agents.

What you will do

• Define and evolve authorization architecture covering policy models, enforcement points, and delegation for human and agentic identities.
• Set technical direction for reusable authorization capabilities across product teams and create a coherent customer experience.
• Partner with Engineering and Product Management to translate architecture into roadmaps and resolve cross-team design conflicts.
• Track and shape OAuth 2.x, token exchange, MCP, Shared Signals/CAEP, Cedar, and OPA standards and protocols.
• Support analyst, customer, field, CISO, and CIO conversations with technical depth.
• Produce architecture artifacts, reference designs, and technical narratives for product, engineering, and go-to-market teams.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software architecture or product architecture, including significant depth in authorization, access control, or identity and access management.
• Strong command of authorization models including RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, and policy-as-code.
• Strong knowledge of modern identity protocols and distributed systems design.
• Experience shipping enterprise security or identity products at scale.
• Track record of driving alignment across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architecture to executives, customers, and engineers.

Nice to have

• Exposure to AI agent security, non-human identity, or API and gateway enforcement.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on individual contributor role with company-wide influence, reporting to the Chief Product Officer.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, AD&D, and supplemental life insurance coverage.
• 401(k) plan with company matching, flexible spending accounts, and HSA with employer contribution.
• Flexible vacation policy, eight paid holidays annually, sick leave, and paid parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program, care counselors, and voluntary legal, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, and pet insurance options.
• Additional compensation may include a corporate bonus or role-specific commission and potential equity participation; benefits and compensation vary by employment location and employment arrangement.